Mutual Fund Details From Nationwide

PERFORMANCE SHOWN REPRESENTS PAST PERFORMANCE AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE FUTURE RESULTS. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. Investing in mutual funds involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate, so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

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Overview

Fund Essentials

Investment Objective & Strategy

The Fund seeks to maximize total investment return for a moderately aggressive level of risk. The Fund aims to provide diversification across major asset classes − U.S. stocks, international stocks and bonds − by investing primarily in underlying mutual funds offered by Nationwide Mutual Funds. Depending on its target risk level, the Fund invests different amounts in these asset classes and underlying funds.

Portfolio Management

Benjamin A. Richer, co-portfolio manager, and Thomas R. Hickey Jr., portfolio manager, are responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund, including selection of the Fund's investments.

The Nationwide Mutual Funds described in this site are sold only to persons residing in the United States. There is no assurance that the investment objective of any fund will be achieved. Investing in mutual funds involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Investors' shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Investors should carefully consider a fund's (and, if applicable, each of its underlying funds') investment objectives, risks, fees, charges and expenses before investing any money.

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Performance represents average annual total returns with distributions reinvested and reflects applicable sales charges. Total returns reflect a waiver of part of each Fund’s fees for certain periods since inception, without which returns would have been lower. Average annual total returns illustrate the annual compounded returns that would have produced the cumulative total return if the fund's performance had remained constant throughout the period indicated. Returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

Expense Ratios

Except as noted below, expense ratios are as of October 31, 2014. The difference between gross and net operating expenses reflects contractual expense waivers in place through February 29, 2016.

Nationwide Destination 2060 Fund: Since the Fund is new, expense ratios are estimated for the current fiscal year ending October 31, 2015.

Class A

Performance quoted is for Class A shares, which have up to a 5.75% front-end sales charge and a 12b-1 fee of 0.25%. Nationwide Bond Fund, Nationwide Bond Index Fund, Nationwide Core Plus Bond Fund, Nationwide Government Bond Fund, Nationwide High Yield Bond Fund, Nationwide Inflation-Protected Securities Fund and Nationwide Portfolio Completion Fund have up to a 4.25% front-end sales charge and a 0.25% 12b-1 fee. Nationwide HighMark Bond Fund, Nationwide HighMark California Intermediate Tax Free Bond Fund, Nationwide HighMark National Intermediate Tax Free Bond Fund, Nationwide HighMark Short Term Bond Fund and Nationwide Ziegler Wisconsin Tax Exempt Fund have up to a 2.25% front-end sales charge, and a 0.25% 12b-1 fee. Investors may be able to reduce or eliminate front-end sales charges on Class A shares based on investment size. Please consult the most recent prospectus for more details for the respective Fund.

Performance is quoted for different classes of shares. Institutional Class and Institutional Service Class shares of all Funds have no sales charge and no 12b-1 fee; Prime shares of the Nationwide Money Market Fund have no sales charge and no 12b-1 fee. Service Class shares of all Funds (except Nationwide Money Market Fund) have no sales charge and a 0.25% 12b-1 fee; Service Class shares for the Nationwide Money Market Fund have no sales charge and up to a 0.15% 12b-1 fee.

Additional disclosures

Returns until the first offering of specific classes are based on the previous performance of various classes of the Fund as noted below. This performance is substantially similar to what the individual classes would have produced because all classes invest in the same portfolio of securities. Performance assumes the reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. Performance has not been adjusted to reflect differences in applicable sales charges for individual classes, which if reflected may have resulted in higher or lower performance for a given share class. Performance has been adjusted to reflect different expense levels for individual classes.

Class A

Nationwide Bailard Cognitive Value Fund, Nationwide Bailard International Equities Fund and Nationwide Bailard Technology & Science Fund Class A performance is based on performance of Class M shares of each Fund’s predecessor fund through 4/2/06 and on performance of Class A shares of each Fund’s predecessor fund from 4/3/06 to 9/16/13. Nationwide Core Plus Bond Fund Class A performance prior to inception is based on the Fund’s Institutional Class shares (which is based on performance of the Fund’s predecessor Fund). Nationwide Geneva Mid Cap Growth Fund, Nationwide Global Equity Fund, Nationwide High Yield Bond Fund, Nationwide HighMark Balanced Fund, Nationwide HighMark Bond Fund, Nationwide HighMark California Intermediate Tax Free Bond Fund, Nationwide HighMark Large Cap Core Equity Fund, Nationwide HighMark Large Cap Growth Fund, Nationwide HighMark National Intermediate Tax Free Bond Fund, Nationwide HighMark Value Fund, Nationwide Ziegler NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index Fund and Nationwide Ziegler Wisconsin Tax Exempt Fund Class A performance prior to each Fund’s inception is based on performance of Class A shares of each Fund’s predecessor fund. Nationwide Geneva Small Cap Growth Fund Class A performance is based on performance of Class A shares of the Fund’s predecessor fund from 6/12/09 to 9/16/13. Nationwide HighMark Small Cap Core Fund Class A performance is based on performance of Class A shares of the Fund’s predecessor fund from 3/1/07 to 9/16/13. Nationwide Ziegler Equity Income Fund Class A performance is based on performance of Class A shares of the Fund’s predecessor fund from 4/1/05 to 9/16/13.

Morningstar Ratings metrics. Morningstar Ratings are based solely on a proprietary mathematical formula based on measures of risk and performance that it recalculates each month. The ratings formula measures the amount of variation in a fund's monthly performance (including the effects of sales charges, loads and redemption fees) emphasizing downward variations and rewarding consistency. Ratings are subject to change every month. The top 10% of the funds in the category receive 5 stars; the next 22.5%, 4 stars; the next 35%, 3 stars; the next 22.5%, 2 stars; and the bottom 10%, 1 star. Other share classes may have different performance characteristics.

Ratings are based on each fund’s Class A performance. Current Fund performance may be higher or lower, which may change a fund’s star rating. Despite high ratings, funds may have experienced negative performance during the period. Performance may reflect a waiver of part of a fund's fees for certain periods since inception, without which returns would have been lower.

Nationwide Fund Distributors LLC is not an affiliate of Morningstar, Inc

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Fund Disclosure

Principal Risks: Equity investments are subject to stock market risk and portfolio turnover risk. Growth funds may underperform other funds that use different investing styles.

Important Disclosures

The Nationwide Investor Destinations Funds are designed to provide diversification across a variety of asset classes, primarily by investing in underlying funds. Therefore, in addition to the expenses of the Nationwide Investor Destinations Funds, each investor is indirectly paying a proportionate share of the applicable fees and expenses of the underlying funds.

Asset allocation is the process of spreading assets across several different investment styles and asset classes. The purpose is to potentially reduce long-term risk and capture potential profits across various asset classes. There is no assurance that the investment objective of any fund (or that of any underlying fund) will be achieved or that a diversified portfolio will produce better results than a nondiversified portfolio. Diversification does not guarantee returns or insulate an investor from potential losses, including the possible loss of principal.

Each Fund is subject to different levels of risk, based on the types and sizes of its underlying asset class allocations and its allocation strategy. In addition, each Fund’s underlying funds may be subject to specific investment risks such as those associated with: (i) bonds and short-term instruments, (ii) small companies, (iii) mid-sized companies, (iv) international securities, (v) real estate investment trusts (REITs), and (vi) initial public offerings (IPOs).

Each Fund may invest in the Nationwide Contract, which is a fixed interest contract issued and guaranteed by Nationwide Life Insurance Company (Nationwide), an affiliate of the Funds’ investment adviser, Nationwide Fund Advisors. If Nationwide becomes unable to meet this guarantee, a Fund that invests in the Nationwide Contract may lose money from unpaid principal or unpaid or reduced interest.

Life and annuity products are issued by Nationwide Life Insurance Company or Nationwide Life and Annuity Company, Columbus, Ohio. The general distributor for variable products is Nationwide Investment Services Corporation, member FINRA. The Nationwide Retirement Institute is a division of NISC. Nationwide Funds distributed by Nationwide Fund Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA, King of Prussia, PA. Nationwide Life Insurance Company, Nationwide Life and Annuity Company, Nationwide Investment Services Corporation, and Nationwide Fund Distributors are separate but affiliated companies.

The Nationwide Group Retirement Series includes unregistered group fixed and variable annuities issued by Nationwide Life Insurance Company. It also includes trust programs and trust services offered by Nationwide Trust Company, FSB a division of Nationwide Bank®.

Nationwide, the Nationwide N and Eagle, The Nationwide Retirement Institute, Nationwide is On Your Side and Nationwide Funds Group are service marks of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. Let's Face it Together is a service mark of Nationwide Life Insurance Company.